To break a heart is easy. All you have to do is reach in, wrap your blood-covered hands around it, and pull. This happened to me. Two hands, both red as my hair, did this exact thing. Tore it away like it wasn’t made for me. Maybe it was his to take?Because years on, with those same blood-red hands, he still has it. In his clenched fists. And he won’t give it back. But the real question is, do I … back.
But the real question is, do I want it back?
He is dangerous, uncontrollable, and downright sexy.
I fell for it all, but in the end, he didn’t catch me. He let me fall.
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4.5 stars
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Lotus is my third book of T.L. Smith and if I was a fan after the first two books, I’m now hooked to her dark, twisted and sexy romance stories.
T.L. Smith has a real talent here, writing characters with some fucked-up minds but still you get drawn to them like moths to the light. What I also adore about her writing style is that she’s able to tell you things but at the same time she doesn’t. The story unfolds itself throughout the book without revealing too much. Your mind is just sucked right into the pages and there is no way getting it back until the very end.
Lotus is a thrilling and beautiful written second chance love story and way beyond average! It plays with raw emotions that get deep under your skin.
Lotus and Orion are unique and very unlike every other couple I’ve read about where the main characters where kind of obsessed with each other. They were simply drowning in each other and as a reader you are right there drowning with them.
Lotus and Orion go through some great developments, not only their characters but also their love for each other. In their own wicked ways they learned to grow together.
This newest edition to T.L. Smith collection is highly recommended!
Have you ever been blindsided by love? You know that blinding but heart stopping kinda LOVE where you feel like your falling and drowning and nothing and no one will ever compare? That is the kinda love that Orion and Lotus have, that kind that will crush you and gut till you are a mere shadow of yourself.
I am captivated by T.L. Smith’s words, they impact the readers they keep you Intrigued, Intoxicated and downright aching for every page. Her dark mind is like my kryptonite and I cannot get enough and each new book is like a new addiction, one I never want to end.
This book is not one of Love & Loss no this book is about Epic love, Loss, Death, Destruction, Lies and Deceit and that Soul Crushing that comes from loving someone until you have no sense of self!
Growing up and from 2 very different families Orion and Lotus ran in very different circles and were like Oil and Water they didn’t mix however it was like Magnets were attracting this miss matched pair together, could it ever really work between them? Or is it just not worth the risk to their hearts?
Recommended to all Dark Read Lovers
I liked the story line, but there were parts that still made me wonder. Toxic relationships just aren’t my thing. Sebastian’s involvement, that just goes forgiven? Roan is a whole nother story. There were things mentioned but never fully explained. This is the first book I have read by this author, but I will try more 🙂
This book consumed me.
Their impossible, addictive, drowning in each other’s love.
You can feel the pull that draws them together.
I don’t think I have read anything with this kind of magnetic love.
This book surprised me and I don’t get surprised often.
I have no idea why I keep doing this to myself, I honestly don’t. My head is mush, my heart hurts, and I am lost for words….Why?
Ohh that’s right, how could I or anyone for that matter ever forget….
That’s what happens each and every single time I read a TL Smith novel, because she knows how to get into your head, manipulate your every thought, and makes it hard to even catch your breath.
And Lotus did just that.
Wow people, just wow. What on earth did I just read?
There are no words to express how I am feeling right now. I am at a total loss.
And furthermore I don’t want my words to tarnish such a powerful read.
My words are simply not deserving.
Lotus is everything any reader could ever possibly ask for. It’s perfection at the highest of levels. It captures your mind, kidnaps your every thought, manipulates and crushes your soul. It literally takes your breath away. It’s an all consuming read that delves into the dark recesses of the minds of the broken, of the soul searching love that we all yearn for, that we all long to feel, and how to keep it once it’s in your grip. It takes us on a journey of the damaged, the people that are trying so desperately to repair the hurt and pain that consumes their every thought.
A deep an emotional read that I can’t rate high enough.
Lotus….A read that will stay with me for a lifetime, a read that I completely drowned in.
5 stars.
OMG! Lotus is so amazing. Orion and Lotus share a love that can never be broken. Its the kind that withstands anything and everything. You can sense their love for each other in each breathe. Lotus is about soulmates in its purest form. Orion and Lotus were meant for each other. They are amazing characters who come from two very different backgrounds and Lotus loves him despite everything. I cannot gush about this book enough except to say how much I truly loved reading it. Orion’s love for Lotus is so deep, yet destructive at the same time. Orion’s dark past and decisions hurt Lotus is a way she never quite recovered from.The angst, pain, and emotional writing will surely get under your skin. This may be my favorite book by T.L. Smith by far. Lotus is an amazing second chance romance.
Enthralling…
This captivating book sucked me in from the very start…..in essence this is a simple second chance romance ….but the reality is so much more…because this tells the story of two flawed young people who experience an obsessive, all consuming and destructive love which ends in a brutal breakup….years later when they reconnect secrets and lies from the present and the past are gradually revealed with potentially deadly repercussions..….
The characters are beautifully described; complex and genuine ..I loved Lotus and Orion their relationship is volatile, passionate and perfectly imperfect…. I also was fascinated by Cole…the pivotal point, when I fell for him, being the brief and touching moment when he reconnects with Lotus for the first time since her breakup with Orion….
This is an enthralling story the author describes perfectly the highs and lows of an addictive love and takes the reader on a tortuous path with hidden twists and unexpected turns along the way…..